Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

millionaire's defence

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.22 in modern English

Syllables: mil-lion-aire's de-fence
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The situation where a wealthy party in a legal case avoids having to disclose the extent of his/her assets by arguing that he/she clearly has the ability to make any payment the court might impose.

Inflected Forms

the millionaire's defence (canonical)

Questions

What does millionaire's defence mean?: The situation where a wealthy party in a legal case avoids having to disclose the extent of his/her assets by arguing that he/she clearly has the ability to make any payment the court might impose.

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